In this open access special issue, we assembled a series of articles on China’s integrated urban-rural development policy, fiscal decentralization, job-housing balance, local government-firm connection, new housing investment, and infrastructure capital investment. Please follow link here
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New book on metropolitan governance
My co-edited book with Bligh Grant at University of Technology Sydney and Lin Ye at Sun Yat-Sen University is finally out! Titled “Metropolitan Governance in Asia and the Pacific Rim: Borders, Challenges, Futures”, it features a collection of diverse chapters from that region. Check it out on Springer website here
Best and worst state economies
Check out Wallethub’s findings on best and worst state economies, as well as my and others’ take on how to promote state and local economies here
Hong Kong Conference Marathon
Was in Hong Kong for two urban conferences co-organized by GSU and Hong Kong Baptist University: The International Conference on Polarisation, Fragmentation and Resilience: Four Urban Contexts Compared (link here) and Global Partnership for Better Cities – Hong Kong Sandpit (link here). Comparative is the way to go for urban research!